Many Roads To B-School: The Twin Journey Of Research And Motherhood
Interview with Padmavathi Shenoy- FPM
Interview with Padmavathi Shenoy- FPM
What does a CEO really do in a typical day at the office? Is it every bit of glamorous as it looks? What are the qualities that are needed to make it to the most coveted position of the C-suite? What would you do if you could be the CEO for a day?
Before sharing my experience, I would like to share my background. I did my B.Tech in Civil Engineering in 2014 followed by an M.Tech in 2016. Both the colleges were in West Bengal. After that, I worked as a traffic engineer in a Highway Consulting firm based in Kolkata for almost a year. Then, I joined IIM Kashipur as a PGP student in its 8th batch.
Life at SIBM Bengaluru is challenging and exciting. On one hand, there is a myriad of assignments, tests, meetings, and appointments to keep up with. On the other hand, there are small little victories and everyday miracles, along the way, that makes life here not just fast-paced but also interesting. Deciding to join this college has been one of the best decisions of my life so far. In the short span of time that I have been here, this institution has become a home away from home.
SIBM B is the pathway to follow your dreams. It adds a pinch of the perfect mix of opportunities and challenges to a student’s life, making it vivid and worthwhile. The door of opportunities slides open to a plethora of events and activities that aim to bring out the best in you by making you push your limits at every step. Some challenges will make you feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others will simply leave a trail of lessons. Each day sets out to make one emerge bolder and better, ready to face the dynamic business environment.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle.
On 16th June 2017, around sixty of us were sitting in a hall- a little nervous, slightly curious but thoroughly excited. As we awaited our turns to get our documents verified, there was some murmuring (read: acquaintance), some sort of anxiety but moreover, it was the beginning of a sojourn of two years.
Excitement? Really? Is that what I was supposed to feel? I guess not if you were in my shoes. Last semester examinations having ended on 10th June, they called me an engineer, B.Tech graduate and so on. I didn’t have my degree certificate yet and I was scheduled to leave for Bhubaneswar on 15th June to begin the journey to a new degree. Friends and family around were busy in packing and fetching farewell gifts for me. Staying out of my home; out of town for the first time: I knew they were not happy. Apprehension, nervousness or uncertainty? What was it? I could not figure out. With a mixture of emotions down inside, a smile and the belief that life is not about making right choices but choices right, I embarked on this MBA journey at XUB for two years which after a year turned out to be extremely fruitful.